Car-door-operating device.



W. H. HEULINGS, JR.

CAR DOOR OPERATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY t. 1915.

Patented May 29,1917.

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Patented May 29, 1917.

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W. H. HEULINGS, JR.

CAR DOOR OPERATING DEVlCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1915.

Patented May 29, 1917.

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CAR DOOR OPERATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY], 1915.

Patented May 29, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. HEULINGS, JR, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR To THE J. G. BRILL COMPANY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A oonronArroN or PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-DOOR-OPERATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HEUL- INcs, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Car- Door-Operating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in pedestals for use in connection with pasenger cars of the type having a platform with doors on the opposite side thereof, whether the platform is at the center of the car or is at one end thereof.

One object of the invention is to design the fare box pedestal so that it can be shifted from one side of the platform to the other in order toincrea se the space on that side of the car in which thedoors are arranged to open and close, the conductor occupying the space on the side of the car at which the doors are temporarily closed. Thus the passageways to and from the body of the car are increased and the space back of the passageways is utilized for the location of the fare box and the conductors station.

A further Object of the invention is to provide the pedestal with means for operating the doors on either side, according to the position of the pedestal on the platform.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a sectional view through the a body of a car on the line a-a, Fig. 2, showing the pedestal shifted to the left of the center of the platform and the operating means connected with the doors on the right hand side of the car;

Fig. 2, is a sectional plan view of Fig. 1, showing the right hand doors open and the left hand doors closed;

Fig. 2, is an enlarged plan view of a detail of Fig. 2, with the platform removed and showing the rods extending to the doors in full lines;

Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the pedestal and fare box thereon;

Fig. 4, is a vertical sectional view drawn to anenlarged scale; 7

Fig; 5, is a sectional plan view on the line b-b, Fig. 4; 1

Fig. 6, is a detached perspective view of the details of the clamp;

Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view showing the details of the stops to limit the movement of the pedestal;

Figs. 8 and 9, are perspective views showing modifications of the pedestal;

Fig. 10, is a view of a modification illustrating a sliding mechanism instead of a turning mechanism; and Fig. 11, is a plan view of Fig. 10.

In the present instance, I have shown a center entrance car, 71. 6., a car having a platform at the center, and I have also shown the doors as sliding doors, but it will be understood that the doors may be arranged to turn on pivots instead of sliding, without departing from the essential features of the invention.

Referring, in the first instance, to Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, 1 is the platform. 2, 2 are the sides of the car and 3 and 4 are the doors arranged to slide, in the present instance. Each door is controlled by a lever 5 mounted on a rock shaft 6 under the car, and on the opposite end of this rock shaft is an arm 7 which, in turn, is connected by a rod 8 to one arm 9 of an operating head 10 having a coupling 11, in the present instance in the form of a raised rib, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 but other forms of couplings may be used and other means for connecting the couplings with the doors may be employed without departing from the spirit of the in vention.

13 is a pedestal located in the present instance at the center of the platform, and mounted in this pedestal is a standard 14 in the form of a tube. tends through an opening in the platform 1 and has a foot piece 15 which rests on a bearing 16 supported by a hanger 17 rigidly secured to the under side of the platform, as shown in Fig. 4. The foot piece 15 has a segmental projection 18 and the bearing 16 has a stop lug 19 to limit the movement of the standard 14. At the upper end of the pedestal is a head 20 having a screw thread at its periphery, as shown in Fig. 6, and 21 is a cap adapted to the screw thread. This cap, in the present instance, has an annular handle 22, by which it can be turned.

Secured to the standard 14 is a collar 23 having notches 24 on its upper surface, as shown in Fig. 6. 25 is a locking plate mounted above the collar and having ribs 26 adapted to the notches 24 in the collar. These ribs are also adapted to notches 27 in the top of the head 20. When the cap 21 is screwed down on the locking plate, as illustrated in Fig. 4, it retains the ribs 26 in the notches 24 and 27 locking the standard firmly to the pedestal. When it is de- This standard eX- sired to turn the standard the collar is backed off, allowing the locking plate to have a limited vertical movement and, as the sides of the ribs are beveled, when the standard is turned the ribs are forced out of the grooves of the collar sothat the standard can turn a half revolution, and, when it is fully turned, the plate drops and the ribs can enter the grooves in the collar, locking the collar and, consequently, the standard in position, and when the nut is turned it holds the plate in the locked position.

The standard 14, in the present instance, carries three elements, viz, the fare box, the controlling means for operating the doors, and the seat for the conductor, although this latter is not essential and may be discarded in some instances.

28 is a tubular upright attached to the standard 14 by tubular bars 29 and 30, and extending through this upright is an operating shaft 31 having a handle 32 at its upper end and a clutch head 33 at its lower end having a transverse slot therein adapted to engage the clutch rib 11', on one or the other of the heads 10 located in the floor of the platform, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

Secured to the upright 28 is a bracket 35 having an arm 36, which may be rigidly secured, or pivoted thereto, as desired, and the end of this arm has a screw threaded socket 37 adapted to receive the threaded stem 38 of a seat 39. In the present instance, the fare box 40, which may be of any suitable type, rests upon the cross bar and is secured thereto by straps 40, which pass around the bar 29, but other fastenings may be used without departing from the essential features of the invention.

In order to form a guard to keep the pass'engers-from crowding on the fare box, I

provide a curved rail 41 mounted on a post 42, rigidly secured to the standard 14, and the ends of this curved rail may terminate at any desired distance from the box. In some instances, where an additional support is neededrfor the box, the rail may come in contact with the box or may be attached thereto.

While I have shown the rail curved and of the peculiar shape illustrated in Fig. 3, it may be of any form desired, according to thearrangement of the passageways.

The fare box 40, as illustrated in Fig. 3, has a fare recording device 43, mounted on a post 43, but theparticular form of fare box and the recording mechansim form no part of the present invention.

In Figs. 8 and 9, I have shown a fare box without the recording attachment.

When the parts are in the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, by turning the handle 32 the doors 3 on the right hand side of the car can beopened or closed, but the doors 4 on the left hand side cannot be opened under any conditions, as the socket is in the floor and the operating shaft is not in line with the socket.

At the termination of atrip, if it be necessary to use the doorway closed by the doors 4 and to close the doors 3 for the next trip, the conductor can shift the mechanism, turning the standard on the pedestal until the clutch head 33 on the shaft 31 is in line with the other clutch head 11, after which the parts can be coupled so as to operate the doors on the left hand side. The conductors station and the fare box are then on the right hand side of the car.

In Fig. 8, I have illustrated a modification of the invention, in which the pedestal and the locking mechanism are dispensed with. In this instance, the standard 14 extends from a bearing 13* and is supported by a plain bearing 16 and the upright 28 carries a plate 44, which rests on the platform. The shaft 31 has a handle at one end and at the opposite end is a clutch head arranged to engage the clutch head on either side of the standard.

In Fig. 9, the standard, 14 is simplified and, as in Fig. 8, the locking mechanism is dispensed with. The fare box instead of being secured at the bottom to the standard is secured to an ofiset extension 45 of the standard by brackets 46, which are made in two sections so that the box can be moved off the standard; one section being secured to the standard and the other to the box. In this figure the upright 28 is securedto the extension 45 at its upper end and to a plate 47 at its lower end, which is fastened to the standard 14 The operating shaft 31 for the doors is similar to the shaft of the other construction and is arranged to U engage either of the operating heads in the fioor of the platform.

By the above construction, itwill be seen that I can move the fare box and the door operating mechanism from one side of the platform to the other, so as to allow sufficient room for the ingress and egress of passengers on that side of the car in which the doors are to be opened, and the con ductor is located in the space on the opposite side of the car between the closed doors and the fare box and, door operating mechanism.

In Figs. 10 and 11, I have illustrated a modification of the invention, iii which the standard 14 is fixed and a frame, which consists of two uprights 28 and 28 connected by cross rods 29 and 30 is arranged to slide in bearings in the standard 14". There are two operating shafts 31 and 31 each having a clutch head, arranged to engage their respective clutch heads in the platform. The operating handle 32 is detachable and can be mounted on either shaft, and the seat may be made detachable and may be fitted on either upright, if desired. The rail 41, in the present instance, is circular and has a cross bar 49 on which the fare box 40 is mounted. Thus, when the doors on one side of the car are to be opened, the mechanism is shifted to the other side; the shaft being raised to disconnect the clutches and depressed to connect them, when the parts are in alinement.

It will be seen that I can move the mech anism in some instances by turning it on a common center, or I can shift it in a straight line from one position to another. The pedestal forms What may be termed a barrier between the people entering or leaving the car and the conductor, and While I have shown my invention as particularly adapted to be mounted on the platform of a passenger car having doors at each side, which are under the control of the mechanism carried by the pedestal, the invention may be used in other localities where there are two passageways, only one of which is in use at a time and Where the space for the passageways is limited, so that by shifting the barrier into the passageway that is not in use the passageway that is in use can be materially increased in width and the pedestal, which forms the barrier, may contain a fare box or may carry the door or gate operating mechanism controlling the entrance to and the exit from the passageway.

In the claims I have used the word structure to indicate the device including the pedestal and the upright whether it is pivoted, as' shown in the main figures, or sliding, as in Fig. 10.

I claim 1. The combination of a platform having a door at each side; operating connections for the doors; a structure on the platform adjustable toward and from the doors; and

means on the structure for operating the doors, said means being arranged so that it can be shifted into engagement with the operating connections of either door when the structure is adjusted.

2. The combination of a passenger car having a platform; a door at each side of the platform; a structure pivotally mounted on the platform; door operating connections at the floor of the platform on each side of the pivot of the structure; and op erating mechanism carried by the structure and arranged to engage either of the door operating connections when the structure is shifted into either of its two positions.

3. The combination in a passenger car, of a platform; a door at each side of the platform; a structure pivotally mounted on the platform; door operating connections at the floor of the platform and on each side of the pivot of the structure; a vertical operating shaft mounted on the structure and having a handle at the upper end; and means at the lower end to engage the door operating connections at the floor of the platform when the structure is shifted into either of its two positions.

4. The combination of a platform; a

structure forming a barrier between two passageways; a pivot for the structure; a vertical shaft carried by the structure some distance from the pivot and having a clutch at its lower end and a handle at its upper end; a door at each side of the platform; and door operating connections for each door terminating in an operating head having a coupling arranged to be engaged by the clutch on the shaft when the structure is turned into either of its two positions.

5. The combination of a platform having a door at each side; a structure pivotally mounted on the platform; operating connections for each door located under the platform and having an operating head with an exposed coupling, one coupling being located on one side of the pivot and the other being located on the opposite side thereof; and an operating shaft on the structure arranged to be engaged by either coupling of the operating connections of the door at the opposite sides of the pivot.

WILLIAM H. HEULINGS, JR.

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